Mated to the Alpha and His Beta

Chapter 384

Lanie

“Little cars are listening, love,” I said as calmly as I could to Xander, trying to remind him that the children

were present.

I didn’t want our pups to be scared, even though it was all I could do to keep myself from screaming at my

grandfather that I needed to talk to him. Stella’s small hand crept into mine and squeezed. When I looked down at her, she was smiling brightly up at me.

Because she knew I was upset? Or just because she was my sunny-faced angel? I bent to scoop her up,

staggering a step under her weight. She was getting too big to be carried, but I didn’t want to put her down. It could be the last time I ever picked her up.

I rubbed my nose against her cheek, and she hugged me hard.

“Love you, Mama,” she said, which was a nice change from being called Mother.

Malachi, Xander, and Mason were muttering about the lights, power surges, the evidence of strangers in

the nearby town. Alpha stuff. It was clear I’d have to wait my turn.

“Xander,” I repeated. “You and Mason should go with Malachi somewhere else to talk about this.””

Mason looked over at us. He put his hand on his brother’s shoulder. “She’s right. Malachi, we should take

this back to the conference room.”

this.”

nodded silently and

of the leadership council,” Malachi said. “They all

them left the room.

as he turned away. His face was pulled into a mask

like he

her high, clear voice. “Will you play with me and Allie and

stacks of board games on the bookshelves.

another grin. I still couldn’t figure out if

to do. It made sense that he’d agree to play with them. It wasn’t

way she looked at me made me think she was

situation.

to stop myself from doing this. No matter what my daughter was able to do, I had to find out, not

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the food this time, either, but Greyson, who stepped through the doorway when I stood aside to let

fine.”

addressed Zane. “You took off so fast. I wanted to make sure you

I exchanged looks.

us, that’s all,”

“I’d assume so, since the lights were only out for

and Izzy. Let’s go play in my room,”

said and took her siblings by the hands. She shot a look at me over her

closed the door.

a breath I’d been keeping held tight in my throat. My entire body

have been a power surge like my grandfather and Greyson both said, but there was

dangerous than that. All four